In this class Imam Mikaeel Ahmed holds a discussion on the campaign against established knowledge, scholarship and academia. He attempts to bring to the fore front of Muslim discourse the current wave of anti-intellectualism and the rise of the hobbyist scholar and public intellectuals. In this class he highlights key factors for identifying scholarship along with some reasons why intellectuals and experts are often misunderstood such as social insecurity, confirmation bias, stereotypes vs generalizations and the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Class one of the "Clearing the fog" series held at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Cognitive Bias from the Quran and Sunnah

In this class Imam Mikaeel Ahmed Smith discusses various cognitive Biases and the how they affect our understanding of the Quran. Imam Mikaeel show how many verses in the Quran and many Hadith actually speak about some of the cognitive biases.

How does the Quran explain the role and responsiblities of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace a nd Blessing be upon him)? How did these roles formaulate into very specific areas of study? In this one on one discussion Imam Mikaeel Ahmed Smith sits down with Brother Tariq Toure going over the development of Quranic studies and Islamic legal perspectives.